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Green Party calls for football regulator to set up in Blackpool to bring ‘£130m boost to town’
The Green Party say it could see as many as 200 new posts created on the coast.
By Sean Gleaves
Published 25th Apr 2024.
The Green Party says football’s new independent regulator should be set up in Blackpool to bring a £130 million boost to the town.
They say it could see as many as 200 new posts created on the coast.
It would also mean fighting off Manchester as the preferred location for the new body.
The Greens called on all political parties to support their bid at a hustings last night at the Armfield Club, Bloomfield Road, for the Blackpool South by-election.
Spokeswoman Tina Rothery, standing in for candidate Ben Thomas, said: “Blackpool not only has a rich football heritage but badly needs this kind of investment and good jobs.”
“Yet no towns have been invited to pitch for this Regulator. That is wrong. We want to see it on the Fylde Coast.”
The Football Governance Bill, currently going through Parliament, will establish the IFR for elite English men’s football.
Job figures have been carefully guarded, but the Greens understand it will have more than 100 full-time staff and possibly up to 200.
And its budget is likely to be more than £13 million a year for the first ten years.
The Green Party say it could see as many as 200 new posts created on the coast.
By Sean Gleaves
Published 25th Apr 2024.
The Green Party says football’s new independent regulator should be set up in Blackpool to bring a £130 million boost to the town.
They say it could see as many as 200 new posts created on the coast.
It would also mean fighting off Manchester as the preferred location for the new body.
The Greens called on all political parties to support their bid at a hustings last night at the Armfield Club, Bloomfield Road, for the Blackpool South by-election.
Spokeswoman Tina Rothery, standing in for candidate Ben Thomas, said: “Blackpool not only has a rich football heritage but badly needs this kind of investment and good jobs.”
“Yet no towns have been invited to pitch for this Regulator. That is wrong. We want to see it on the Fylde Coast.”
The Football Governance Bill, currently going through Parliament, will establish the IFR for elite English men’s football.
Job figures have been carefully guarded, but the Greens understand it will have more than 100 full-time staff and possibly up to 200.
And its budget is likely to be more than £13 million a year for the first ten years.